Dr. Daniel W. Rickey

Department of Medical Physics
CancerCare Manitoba
675 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0V9
Canada

Tel (204) 787-1764
Fax (204) 775-1684
Email: daniel.rickey@cancercare.mb.ca
CancerCare Manitoba Medical Physics Research

Last update: November 17, 2003

Interests

Diagnostic Ultrasound is my primary interest. I have, along with others, developed several evaluation phantoms for B-mode and Doppler ultrasound. I am also involved in other areas of imaging including the development of a CT scanner for use in brachytherapy treatment of cancers.

Degrees
   B.Sc. University of Manitoba 1988 Physics (Honours)
   M.Sc. University of Western Ontario 1991 Medical Biophysics
   Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 1995 Medical Biophysics

Certification
   2001 General Radiology by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

Memberships
   General Member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
   Member of Candian Organisation of Medical Physics

Patents

1994 Holdsworth, D., Rickey, D., Drangova, M., Miller, D. J. M.,
Fenster, A. "Computer-Controlled Positive Displacement Pump for
Physiological Flow Simulation". United States Patent No. 5284423.

1994 Rickey, D.W., Fenster, A. "A Doppler ultrasound clutter and
sensitivity phantom". United States Patent No. 5341808.

1998 Holdsworth, D., Rickey, D., Drangova, M., Miller, D. J. M.,
Fenster, A. "Computer-Controlled Positive Displacement Pump for
Physiological Flow Simulation". Japanese Patent No. 2810233.

2001 Holdsworth, D., Rickey, D., Drangova, M., Miller, D. J. M.,
Fenster, A. "Verdrängerpumpe zur Reproduktion eines vorbestimmten
zyklischen Verdrängungsprofils, insbesondere realistischer
arterieller Strömungswellenforme". German Patent Nr. 42 90 659.

Peer Reviewed Publications

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Berndt A; S Rathee; DW Rickey; J Bews (2000). An 8-channel detector for an 192Ir brachytherapy source-based computed tomography scanner. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Science 47:1261-1267; 2000.

Berndt A; DW Rickey; S Rathee; J Bews (2000). Size and Positioning Reproducibility of an Ir192 Stepping Source. Medical Physics 27:129-131; 2000. URL = PMID 10659747

Kulbisky GP, Rickey DW, Reed MH, Björklund N, Gordon R (1999). The Axolotl as an Animal Model for the Comparison of 3D Ultrasound with Plain Film Radiography. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 25:969-975; 1999. URL = PMID 10461726

Rickey, DW (1997). Getting a Speed Boost with Fixed-Point Math. MacTech 13:72-77; 1997.

Rickey DW, Fenster A (1996). A Doppler ultrasound clutter phantom. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 22:747-766; 1996. URL = PMID 8865569

Rickey DW, Fenster A (1996). Evaluation of an Automated Real-Time Spectral Analysis Technique. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 22: 61-73; 1996. URL = PMID 8928318

Rickey DW, Picot PA, Christopher DA, Fenster A (1995). A wall-less vessel phantom for Doppler ultrasound studies. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 21:1163-1176; 1995. URL = PMID 8849831

Guo Z, Moreau M, Rickey DW, Picot PA, Fenster A (1995). Quantitative investigation of in-vitro flow using three-dimensional colour Doppler ultrasound. Ultrasound in Med. and Biology. 21:807-816; 1995. URL = PMID 8571468

Picot P, Rickey DW, Mitchell R, Rankin RN, Fenster A (1993). Three-Dimensional Colour Doppler Imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 19:95-104; 1993. URL = PMID 8516963

Frayne R, Gowman L, Rickey DW, Holdsworth DW, Picot PA, Drangova M, Chu KC, Caldwell CB, Fenster A, Rutt B (1993). A Geometrically Accurate Vascular Phantom for Comparative Studies of X-Ray, Ultrasound, and Magnetic Resonance Vascular Imaging: Construction and Geometrical Verification. Medical Physics, Medical Physics, 20:415-425; 1993. URL = PMID 8497234

Frayne R, Holdsworth D, Gowman L, Rickey D, Drangova M, Fenster A, Rutt B (1992). A Computer-Controlled Flow Simulator for MR Flow Experiments. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2:605-612; 1992. URL = PMID 1392256

Rickey DW, Rankin R, Fenster A (1992). A Velocity Evaluation Phantom for Colour and Pulsed Doppler Instruments. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 18:479-494; 1992. URL = PMID 1509623

Holdsworth D, Rickey D, Drangova M, Miller DJM, Fenster A (1991). Computer-Controlled Positive Displacement Pump for Physiological Flow Simulation. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 29:565-570; 1991. URL = PMID 1813750

PhD Thesis

"Evaluation of Doppler Ultrasound and Flow Measurements"
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 A Flow System for doppler Ultrasound Studies
Chapter 3 Evaluation of a Real-Time Spectral Analysis Technique
Chapter 4 A Doppler Ultrasound Clutter Phantom
Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusions

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